T-Mobile USA’s new CEO Phillip Humm confirmed at an event on Thursday that the carrier will soon launch a pair of new “4G” HSPA+ phones. Humm noted that T-Mobile will soon announce a 4G version of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone as well as a 4G addition to the popular Sidekick line that will run Android. “We will launch as new the Samsung Galaxy S 4G … and coming soon, will also be a Sidekick 4G. Everybody knows the Sidekick, and we’re going to relaunch the Sidekick and bring it as a 4G device, Android based, into the market,” Humm said at the event. While he didn’t refer to the Vibrant 4G by name — instead, he called it a “Galaxy S 4G” — Humm’s confirmation certainly firms up our exclusive report from earlier this week. We can likely expect both handsets to be announced next month at Mobile World Congress, and Humm confirmed that both devices will launch in the first half of this year. T-Mobile also said at the even that its current Vibrant smartphone will finally receive a software update “very soon,” and that the carrier will not offer Apple’s iPhone in the near future due to the device’s incompatibility with its AWS 3G network.

UPDATE: Check that. It looks like T-Mobile went with the “Galaxy S 4G” moniker instead of “Vibrant 4G.” Since it’s basically the same phone with the addition of newer HSPA+ compatibility from the looks of things, the carrier likely wanted to distinguish it from its predecessor as much as possible.

I wouldn’t mind a sidekick with Android. It’s Itsa really good idea and the form factor is terrific for the business-oriented use.

Anonymous

T-Mobile, where “coming soon” means “the day after never.”

Anonymous

is that eliza dushku?

Nomi

Yup!

http://twitter.com/D4mi4n1988 Damian Wozniak

I had a sidekick all through high school, always upgrading the day a new one came out. I was the first person to have a phone with internet access on it, that was the coolest feature of it. A sidekick now will sell just because people recognize the name.

Eric

The TMO Vibrant will get Froyo around the time that everyone is running Gingerbread.

Bringit

She’s not that hot.

rawrrrmonster

well this isn’t one of her best pictures

ken

she’s heinous

BrownGuy

Im sure both you’re girlfriends are both hotter, and don’t mind visiting you at your parents basements.

BrownGuy

Im sure both you’re girlfriends are both hotter, and don’t mind visiting you at your parents basements.

BrownGuy

Im sure both you’re girlfriends are both hotter, and don’t mind visiting you at your parents basements.

BrownGuy

Im sure both you’re girlfriends are both hotter, and don’t mind visiting you at your parents basements.

TL

Dana Tasker

Smithfactory

(in an Ahnold accent) “DAAAYYNNUUHHHHH”

mplovan

Perhaps the Vibrant update will be Gingerbread.

The Nexus S is essentially the same phone and came out in the middle of the global upgrade cycle. Maybe they jumped tracks and are skipping Froyo.

All articles say T-Mobile announced an update, the author is assuming Froyo.

Gettysburg11s

wow, T-Mobile girls are pretty

Anonymous

I really do think this move to call it the Galaxy S 4G is just one more move to reduce the amount of carrier branding and changes.. Vibrant/Fascinate/Epic all is just nonsense. It’s a Galaxy S phone first and foremost and that’s all it should be

In other news T-Mobile is increasing their update speed and they are also releasing 2.2 for the Vibrant TOMORROW

Anonymous

I really do think this move to call it the Galaxy S 4G is just one more move to reduce the amount of carrier branding and changes.. Vibrant/Fascinate/Epic all is just nonsense. It’s a Galaxy S phone first and foremost and that’s all it should be

In other news T-Mobile is increasing their update speed and they are also releasing 2.2 for the Vibrant TOMORROW

Anonymous

I really do think this move to call it the Galaxy S 4G is just one more move to reduce the amount of carrier branding and changes.. Vibrant/Fascinate/Epic all is just nonsense. It’s a Galaxy S phone first and foremost and that’s all it should be

In other news T-Mobile is increasing their update speed and they are also releasing 2.2 for the Vibrant TOMORROW

serpentor

a kick 4G w/android. Shit just got real.

http://twitter.com/Androidawg Woody Mahan

Seems proof to me that they have been sitting on it. Now it is suddenly ready? Suck

Spinkx

I thought MS had purchased ‘Danger’; if so, why would they come out with an Andriod based Sidekick

serpentor

sidekick4life.

That’s all you need to know.

Exrec9

What does it matter if they put another Samsung product on the market. Samsung is horrible in terms of connectivity to your own personal computer. You have to jump through hoops (if you aren’t that tech savvy) to even get your Outlook synched with the phones. I just got off a chat with their tech support and they danced around the whole thing by being non committal.

Anonymous

Ugly b1tch,

http://twitter.com/Syk0Matik420 Beefy McBigDick

why would you release the same exact, crappy, over priced korean crapware? tmobile starting to suckl balls